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German poet and novelist. He studied and practiced law in northern Germany. He wrote a number of stories, poems and novellas. His two most well-known works are the novellas Immensee (1849) and Der Schimmelreiter (1888). Other published works include a volume of his poems (1852), the novella Pole Poppensp'ler (1874) and the novella Aquis submersus (1877). [more][Less]

We are at the beginning of a new era which will, it is to be hoped, be marked by a general rapprochement between the nations. The need to know and understand one another is being felt more and more. It follows that the study of foreign languages will assume an ever-increasing importance; indeed, so far as language, literature, and music are concerned, one may safely assert that fas est et ab hoste doceri. [more][Less]

Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm (14 September 1817 – 4 July 1888), commonly known as Theodor Storm, was a German writer.
Storm was born in the small town of Husum, on the west coast of Schleswig, then a formally independent duchy ruled by the king of Denmark.[1] His parents were the lawyer Johann Casimir Storm (1790-1874) and Lucie Storm, née Woldsen (1797-1879). [more][Less]

One afternoon in the late autumn a well-dressed old man was walking slowly down the street. He appeared to be returning home from a walk, for his buckle-shoes, which followed a fashion long since out of date, were covered with dust. [more][Less]